M.Sc., Physics

Dalhousie University

Halifax, NS

2016 - 2014

• Thesis: Image Segmentation and Modelling of Host-Pathogen Dynamcis of Salmonella. Full text.

B.Sc., Physics, Honours (minor Mathematics)

University of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, PE

2014 - 2009

• Thesis: Studying Polymer Translocation with Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations. Full text.

Biostatistician

Ardea Outcomes

Halifax, NS

current - 2017

• Worked on global clinical trials and patient-centered research across multiple disease areas.
• Assisted in study design, including the development of study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and data management plans.
• Performed data collection, analysis, reporting, and interpretation. Aided in database maintenance and monitoring.
• Conducted research in patient-centric outcomes, resulting in several peer-reviewed publications and presentations for scientific meetings and industry clients.
• Led internal project management to ensure tasks are completed according to timelines. Communicated professionally with external stakeholders throughout projects.
• Developed internal R software for effective, reproducible, and well-documented workflows.

Teaching Assistant

Dalhousie University, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science

Halifax, NS

2015 - 2014

• Course: Introduction to Numerical Programming.
• Aided undergraduate Physics students in exploring and modelling physical systems in Python.
• Ran weekly tutorial sessions and marked assignments.
• Gave lectures when the professor was absent.

Undergraduate Researcher

University of Prince Edward Island, Department of Physics

Charlottetown, PE

2014 - 2011

• Worked in a computational physics lab under supervision of a senior faculty member.
• Developed software in C and C++ to simulate molecules and perform data analysis.
• Presented results in various settings and formats (posters, presentations, papers).

Help Centre Tutor

University of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, PE

2014 - 2011

• Ran weekly tutorial sessions where students would come for assistance in various subjects (physics, calculus, statistics, etc.).

Laboratory/Teaching Assistant

University of Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, PE

2012 - 2010

• Assisted with student instruction, equipment setup and marking of undergraduate physics labs.

Using AWK and R to Parse 25tb

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2019

• Story of parsing large amounts of genomics data.
• Provided advice for dealing with data much larger than disk.
• Reached top of HackerNews.

The United States of Seasons

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2018

• GIS analysis of weather data to find the most ‘seasonal’ locations in United States
• Used Bayesian regression methods for smoothing sparse geospatial data.

A year as told by fitbit

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2017

• Analyzing a full years worth of second-level heart rate data from wearable device.
• Demonstrated visualization-based inference for large data.

MCMC and the case of the spilled seeds

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2017

• Full Bayesian MCMC sampler running in your browser.
• Coded from scratch in vanilla Javascript.

The Traveling Metallurgist

LiveFreeOrDichotomize.com

N/A

2017

• Pure javascript implementation of traveling salesman solution using simulated annealing.
• Allows reader to customize the number and location of cities to attempt to trick the algorithm.

Building a software package in tandem with machine learning methods research can result in both more rigorous code and more rigorous research

ENAR 2020

N/A

2020

• Invited talk in Human Data Interaction section.
• How and why building an R package can benefit methodological research

Stochastic Block Modeling in R, Statistically rigorous clustering with rigorous code

RStudio::conf 2020

N/A

2020

• Invited talk about new sbmR package.
• Focus on how software development and methodological research can improve both benefit when done in tandem.

PheWAS-ME: A web-app for interactive exploration of multimorbidity patterns in PheWAS

Bioinformatics

N/A

2020

• Manuscript detailing application for the exploration of multimorbidity patterns in PheWAS analyses
• See landing page for more information.

The Symptoms Targeted for Monitoring in a Web-Based Tracking Tool by Caregivers of People With Dementia and Agitation: Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

N/A

2019

• Authors: Rockwood, K., Sanon Aigbogun, M., Stanley, J., Wong, H., Dunn, T., Chapman, C. A. T., Howlett, S. E., Miguelez, M., McGarrigle, L., & Baker, R. A.

Charge Reductions Associated with Shortening Time to Recovery in Septic Shock

Chest

N/A

2019 - 2019

• Authored with Wesley H. Self, MD MPH; Dandan Liu, PhD; Stephan Russ, MD, MPH; Michael J. Ward, MD, PhD, MBA; Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, MPH; Todd W. Rice, MD, MSc; Matthew W. Semler, MD, MSc.

Multimorbidity Explorer | A shiny app for exploring EHR and biobank data

RStudio::conf 2019

N/A

2019 - 2019

• Contributed Poster. Authored with Yaomin Xu.

Taking a network view of EHR and Biobank data to find explainable multivariate patterns

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Seminar Series

N/A

2019 - 2019

• University wide seminar series.

Patient-specific risk factors independently influence survival in Myelodysplastic Syndromes in an unbiased review of EHR records

Under-Review (copy available upon request.)

N/A

2019

• Bayesian network analysis used to find novel subgroups of patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS).
• Analysis done using method built for my dissertation.

Patient specific comorbidities impact overall survival in myelofibrosis

Under-Review (copy available upon request.)

N/A

2019

• Bayesian network analysis used to find robust novel subgroups of patients with given genetic mutations.
• Analysis done using method built for my dissertation.

R timelineViz: Visualizing the distribution of study events in longitudinal studies

Under-Review (copy available upon request.)

N/A

2018 - 2018

• Authored with Alex Sunderman of the Vanderbilt Department of Epidemiology.

Continuous Classification using Deep Neural Networks

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Qualification Exam

N/A

2017 - 2017

• Review of methods for classifying continuous data streams using neural networks
• Successfully met qualifying examination standards

Declines of Mysis diluviana in the Great Lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

N/A

2015 - 2015

• Authored with Peter Euclide and Jason Stockwell.

Evaluating the Applicability of the Fokker-Planck Equation in Polymer Translocation: A Brownian Dynamics Study.

Journal of Chemical Physics

N/A

2014

• Authors: James Polson and Taylor Dunn. PDF.

Conformational correlation times for a tethered polymer

UPEI Science Undergraduate Research Conference

University of Prince Edward Island

2011